I've got a VIP 722 and a VIP 222K. What is this new update and what should I expect to see different?
VIP722 SW Release L685
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I've got a VIP 722 and a VIP 222K. What is this new update and what should I expect to see different?
There are a few threads on the changes. The big one is the changes to the guide
No bugs yet so far,but it would be nice if maybe the designers knew how to count?.The 3 hour guide has 7 rows not 6,the 1 1/2 hour guide has 5 rows,not 4,and the 1 hour guide has 4 rows not 3?.
It would be 6/5/4 rows if the banner ad at the bottom of the guide remained turned on. I think that's what they meant.
More than likely, I am surprised Dish Network just didn't described their guides as: 3 hour guide/1 1/2 hour guide and 1 hour guide respectively.
so what you're really saying
is that the programers were lazy ... and didn't have the on screen "line" options updated based on whether the banner setting in that menu was on or off ... ie. if off it should have shown 7/5/4 as the number of lines options, and if on it should have shown 6/4/3 ... they just took the easy way and ignored on/off setting of the banner .. Yeah, I meant to say 6/4/3. Guess the Dish engineers are not the only ones who don't know how to count.
After the update to my 722, I've seen some strange behavior with the new guide that I haven't seen mentioned. With the 6 (really 7) line setting, I only see a portion of the last line. When I page forward, the guide advances by 7, so I have to step back one if I want to see that last line. (Hope that makes sense). Not a killer, but annoying. It's possible it's my TV (an old 1080i tube set), but the other guide settings look fine.
PS. Give us back the option to turn off the live video window!!
PS. Give us back the option to turn off the live video window!!
After I got the update, I switched the guide back to the 5 line (1.5 hour) setting since that's what I've always used.
OK guys, I checked the software page today and I see that the 222k got L591 today (previous was L590). Maybe, just maybe it gets rid of the annoying epix message or it gives us back the option for guide without video? (I doubt it though) Probably just something minor. https://rweb.dishnetwork.com/departmental_content/TechPortal/content/tech/softwarelist.asp
I don't think so. If it was over scanning you'd be loosing the bottom part of every broadcast and most probably not seeing logos. I'm seeing the same thing. Missing line 7.
Edit of above. I was looking at my TV2 output when I made the above comment. On my TV1 output I'm seeing the full seven lines and am missing a little bit of line 7 on TV2.
Also, what is the most current software for the 211 and when was it spooled out.
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My SD tv2 is missing the bottom line, my tv1 HD is fine. Minor inconvenience, but I switched back to the 5 line and sol good.
Yeah, I meant to say 6/4/3. Guess the Dish engineers are not the only ones who don't know how to count.
Sure they can count, they just don't know how to turn off the banner. That's against the law inside the E* village.
Actually there is a bug in 685. The search defaults to SPORTS. I've tried the hard reboot and it hasn't made any difference. 
You should have found your search history is erased. I use this to search for 20 or more titles on 2 DVRs, in hopes of finding them someday.
They buried the HDD access. Now you have to do DVR + 6 to get to off-screen Media selection (5 displayed), then External/Photo, then read or write. (You can scroll down on the DVR list, especially if you notice the half filled triangle at the bottom of the list.) At least, a disk startup does put you on the review disk or save to disk screen.
-Ken
They buried the HDD access. Now you have to do DVR + 6 to get to off-screen Media selection (5 displayed), then External/Photo, then read or write. (You can scroll down on the DVR list, especially if you notice the half filled triangle at the bottom of the list.) At least, a disk startup does put you on the review disk or save to disk screen.
-Ken
